 | Elisha P. HOWE - 1861 - 198 pages
...be his last will and testament ; there must be at least two attesting witnesses, each of whom must sign his name as a witness at the end of the will, at the request of the testator, and each must write opposite his name his place of residence ; and whoever writes the name of any testator... | |
 | New York (State). Commissioners of the Code - Civil law - 1862 - 538 pages
...declare the instrument to be his will; 4. There must be two attesting witnesses, each of whom must sign his name as a witness at the end of the will, at the testator's request. From 2 RS, 63, § 40. § 457. The nuncupative will is not required to be in ti™™§£... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1863 - 944 pages
...by marriage and birth of issue. Will of unmarried woman. Bond, &c. to convey property devised, not 4. There shall be at least two attesting witnesses,...the end of the will, at the request of the testator. 1 EL, 364; 23 NT, 9; 22 NT, 376; 11 NT, 223; 9 NT, 371; 6N. T.,' 120: 4 NY, 146; 27 B., 557; 22 Bt... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1866 - 704 pages
...or at the time of acknowledging the same, shall declare the instrument so subscribed to be his last will and testament ; 4. There shall be at least two attesting witnesses, each of whom shall sign hu name as a witness at the end of the will, at the request of the testator. § 41. The witnesses to... | |
 | William B. Wedgwood - Law - 1866 - 492 pages
...Alabama, and ^Mississippi, three witnesses arc required. The witnesses must sign their names as witnesses at the end of the will, at the request of the testator. In New York, the witnesses must write opposite their names their places of residence, under a penalty... | |
 | Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Austin Abbott - Conveyancing - 1866 - 758 pages
...:"-' tion that the witnesses shall be distinctly conscious that the ac» *'&' ^ : orderly performed. 4. There shall be at least two attesting witnesses, each of whom sb^?-" hie name as a witness, at the end of the will, at the request of th'>i—V'' It is not necessary... | |
 | Isaac Fletcher Redfield - Wills - 1865 - 894 pages
...v. Glassell, 2 Grattan, 439 ; ante, n. 8. In New York, it is required that the witnesses should sign at the end of the will, at the request of the testator, and at the time of subscription, or acknowledgment and publication by him. Butler p. Benson, 1 Barb.... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1867 - 660 pages
...from Bradford's Surrogate Reports were made under a statute which required each attesting witness to " sign his name as a witness, at the end of the will, at the request of the testator," but omitted the requirement of earlier statutes that the witness should sign in the testator's presence.... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Appeals, Joel Tiffany - Law reports, digests, etc - 1868 - 858 pages
...or at the time of acknowledging the same, shall declare the instrument so subscribed to be his last will and testament. 4. There shall be at least two...the end of the will, at the request of the testator (2 RS, § 40, p. 63). All these requirements of the statute would appear, on the face of the instrument... | |
 | Austin Abbott - Civil procedure - 1869 - 600 pages
...made in the presence of attesting witnesses, &c. ; 3. The testator shall make certain declarations ; 4. There shall be at least two attesting witnesses,...the end of the will, at the request of the testator" (2 Rev. Stat., 63, § 40). There being but two witnesses to the will, including the legatee, it is... | |
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There shall be at least two attesting witnesses, each of whom shall sign his name as a witness, at the end of the will, at the request of the testator. 
